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REFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED IIIAII. 29. Izz.

1,429,020. PaIenIeasepI. 12,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

R. K. COMBS.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZQ, 1922.

1 ,429,0220. l PatentedSept. 12, 1922.

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OOOoOoOo OOOOOOO RE Uoms Patented Sept. l2, 1922.

UNITED STATES inane BILL K. COMBS, OF MARION, OHIO.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed March 29, 1922. Serial No. 547,791.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BILL K. Cortes, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovements in Refrigerators, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in refrigerators and moreparticularly refers to a refrigerator for use in connection with thecooling of bottled goods which must be kept on hand in stores in largequantities.

An object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator for bottles andthe like of a relatively large capacity in which the cooling of thebottles and their contents will be effected completely and quickly afterthe bottles are once placed in therefrigerator cabinet, and moreover'thedevice is intended to render the compartments carrying the various goodseasily accessible.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a compact and relativelyinexpensive refrigerator in which the 4bottles will be preserved in acleanly state so as to be unobjectionabley tothe inspection of customersof the goods when they are brought forth from the refrigerator, suchresult being se cured by the fact that the bottles are con-V tained in aholder which keeps them out of direct contact with the ice itself, butthe bottles are arranged in a cold air circuit which effectively coolsthem.

lWith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will bemore fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointedout in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1 a perspective view of a refrigerator constructed according to thepresent invention; i

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken hingitudinally through therefrigerator;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner holder;

Fig. a is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-41 in Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View 'taken centrally through the device.

Referring more oarticularly to the drawings, I provide a ca inet havinga front wall 1, a rear wall 2, end walls 3 and 4 and a bottom 5. Thecabinet is supported upon suitable legs G which may form continuationsof the end posts. AL flange i' is provided at the top part of thecabinet leaving a shoulder 3 for t-he flanged top 9 to rest upon. Thistop or cover 9 is hinged as indicated at 10 in Fig. 5 to the rear wall 2and is adapted to be lifted when the refrigerator is to be iced orreplenished with bottled goods.

The walls may be made up of suitable thicknesses of material and a deadair insulating space is provided about the cabinet by the use of a'doubled Wall structure. This doubled wall structure comprises front andback walls 10 and 11 spaced inwardly from the front and back outer walls1 and 2 and inner end walls 12 and 13 connecting the ends of the walls10 vand 11, such end walls 12 and 13 being spaced suitable distancesfromvthe outer end Walls 3 and 1l. There is also a second raised bottom14 spaced above the 'lower bottom 5. Corner strips 15 are provided tosupport the various inner walls and'to space them from the outer wallsand closing strips 16 extend about the upper edges ofthe inner and outerwalls in order to prevent' a circulation of air in the spaces confinedbetween this doubled wall structure. The air, not being permitted tocirculate, will forman insulation to maintain a relatively lowtemperature within the cabinet. f f

The interior of the cabinet is adapted to receive a holder for bottledgoods shown in Fig. 3 which is composed of metal or other suitablematerial made after any suitable fashion or design andpreferably of therectangular structure shown having the front and rear walls 17 and 18,the end walls 19 and 20 and the perforated raised bottom 21. Below thebottom 21 the various walls are also provided with perforations 22 forthe circulation of the cold air as hereinafter more fully described.

The various walls may be indented to provide'an internal bead 23 tosupport thc bottom 21 or this bottom may be otherwise supported. Theholder rests directly upon the inner upper bottom lt of the cabinet andis preferably divided into a number of separate compartments designed toreceive different varieties or quantities of the bottled goods. Thisdivision of the holder is preferably secured by the use of a centerlongitudinally extending division plate 24 intern sected at suitable.intervals by cross partitions 25, thus separating the interior space ofthe holder into two series of longitudinally ruiming compartments. '.lhecompartnients will. be preferably of such a character as to length. andbreadth as to receive the bottles in. a recliningl position whereby toenable the cold air to more readily circulate therethrough rl`he airwill thus be guided by the `reduced necks of the bottles from one sideto another and. willfthus come into active contact with all of thebottles in. the compartments. One compartment for instani'ze may be madeto contain bottles of coco-colin while a second coinpartn'ient con--tains ginger alej a third sarsaparilla, etc.7 and the compartments maybe lalieleil so as to facilitate the production of the article calledfor by the customer.

The hanged cover' 9 resting upon the shoulder 8 holds the inner topportion of the cover at an elevation above the top edge of the cabinetand holder as plainly seen.

in Figs. 2 and 5, and thus provides an air circulatory space which takesin each compartment and the space about the holder. This holder is ofreduced dimensions as compared with the cabinet interior in order toallow of a suitable space there-around in which cracked or chopped iceor other refrigerant is placed.

The ice will not be allowed to come into contact with the bottlesthemselves so as to wet them and give them a drenched or otherwiseunsanitary appearance7 but the bottles will be cooled by contact of theair which circulates downwardly through the ice pack through theperforations 22 into the space beneath the holder and thence up throughthe perforated bottom 2l and compartments. As the air becomes relativelywarmer it will rise through `the compartments and cross over the spaceabove the cover and again down through the ice jacket.

Access is hadto the various compartments of the holder preferably by twoseries of small doors 2 6 mounted in the cover 9 upon a longitudinalcentral pintle 27 which permits of the doors being raised withoutrequiring the lifting of the relatively heavy cover 9. An iiulividualdoor 26 iis ai.range l above each of the compartments in the holder andif desired the doors may be labeled with the goods. By having smalldoors of this character, there will be less chance of the relativelyhigh heated exterior air affecting the temperature of the cabinet duringuse. The doors are preferably providedV with knobs 28 for facilitatingthe opening thereof and the cabinet is also pro- 'vided with a drain 29to remove the Water formed by the melting ice, the interior of thecabinet being preferably provided with a metal lining 3() to avoidleakage.

In the use of the device, ice will be packed around the holder in themanner indicated in Figs. land 2 and bottles of various goods or otherpackages or containers are put into the several compartments and thecover 9 closed. The air will circulate through each individualcompartment as above described and as .indicated b v the arrows in. Fig.2 and it will be noted that by virtue of the arrangement and dispositionof the compare ments, all of the compartments have at least one sidecommunicating with the ice jacket so that the circulation has access toeach compartment. As the goods are called for, the proper door 26 in thecompartment is opened to give access to a desired compartment and whenthe cabinet is to be re-iced or the goods replenished in any greatnumber, the lid 9 itself may be lifted.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing` that by use of a cabinet ofthis character the bottles may be preserved in a cleanly and sanitarystate and at the same time be kept cold and a proper drinkingtemperature without requiring great quantities of ice, and thearrangement and disposition of the cabinet cover and its doors is suchas to conserve as far as possible the refrigerant.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above speciically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications be ing` restricted only by the scope ofthe following claim.

Vilhat is claimed is:

ln a refrigerator for bottled goods and the like an outer casing, aninner removable container spaced from the side walls of the casing toprovide an ice receiving compartment, said container having imperforateside walls arranged to terminate a short distance below the top of saidouter casing, whereby an air passage is provided between the icecompartment and the interior of the inner container, the inner containerhaving a perforate bottom, and perforated flanges integral with saidside walls and depending below said. bottom., whereby the side Walls aresupported and a free circulation of air is permitted between the icecompartment and the interior of the inner container.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

RILL K. COM BS.

